Wikipedia:Help desk/Archives/October 2016
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October 1
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- Template help
- Mainstreaming essays
- Moving my biographical article on a person from Draft to main wikipedia namespace
- Java Script Disabled
- Unsourced & unencyclopedic article
- Referencing errors on Devil facial tumour disease
- How does an individual edit the page summary that appears on Wikipedia's mobile apps?
- Page Missing
- History of the main Wikipedia article on 9/11
October 2
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- How to Semi-protect an article?
- Help needed: Categories
- Merging 20 articles into a single article
- I am unable to upload photo
- Proof of Riemann Hypothesis
- Please check
- Add link to template
- font size/references
- A question about diffs
- Help
October 3
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- Help #2
- Cant upload image... unknown error
- Help #3
- How to cite documents
- Translation of article from Japanese Wikipedia
- Orphaned Talkpage
- "a link was made from [other article] to [my article]"
- Calum Von Moger Page Request
- Page Not Translating
- Joel Pereira
- Request for Message in Greek
October 4
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- Arnold Lupton
- Referencing errors on Template:Infobox tram/doc
- William Gascoigne
- Why is Avani Technology Solutions Inc nominated for deletion?
- "you have yet to find a single editor to agree with you" ?
- Please edit Yom Kippur
- Adding Images to my user page
- Change Password
- Address has changed
- References
October 5
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- We have a problem our page
- Aggressive, abusive editing
- Table help
- Why my article is marked for delation
- Political soapbox
- Please check the article you wrote on the emperor list of Ethiopia.
- Personal correspondence in talk pages
- Merge Civil service and Civil servant across languages.
- Deleting 'Draft' history
- Reviews in main space
- Grey Gardens conflict of interest?
October 6
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- 2017 in music
- Edmund Royds
- I've invented a thing.
- Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge
- Finding Steve Bassett (disambiguation problem)
- Redirection of existing page
- Need correction
- question regarding BizBon deletion
- Change picture in a page
- Multiple issues regarding article Minolta Dimage 7 series
- Authorities
- Renaming a whole Wikipedia category
- 2017 NBA All–Star Logo
- Page creation
- Rael Levitt rights
- Template:List of killings by law enforcement officers in the United States, Yearly NavBox
- Logging me out
- Assistance to add an Institution and Course Page
- Referencing errors on Savelugu
October 7
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- Mean page edit (vandalism?) nobody spotted
- "Too good to be true" at NPP?
- DYk
- After voting resulted to keep and rename an article user just deletes it no matter wikilinks pointing to it
- Searching the Wikipedia citation space
- Long filenames
- Alex Avery Actor
- Images policy?
- Help chat
- My user talk page keeps attracting posts in the wrong places
- Tool for changing default sort order of existing Wiki tables?
- Kappa Sigma Kappa
- Alison Walker Sports broadcaster
October 8
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- Preserved an archive of a web pge for a reference
- Breaking ties in date sorting (datetime sorting)
- Bold items in watchlist
- Help:Error for entry regarding Peter Curtin
- Deletion of Charles Hugh Smith page
- Page ghost writer?
- Proposed navbox on energy modeling
- Oldest Library in Texas
- my mother is being framed
October 9
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- This article has information that isn't sourced.
- subject for women protection in our religions .
- Tomato page semi-protected
- Oversighted talk page
- Possible removal of word "video" in /Spanish_Civil_War
October 10
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- False accusation of vandalism
- Expand article in German page using English page as basis for expansion
- User talk:Patient Zero/Archive 1
- Contacting legal: not an emergency
- How can one get a list of all the files a user has uploaded?
- Central Park jogger case
- WMF staff accounts
October 11
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- Adding pictures to infobox
- My edits of the Kali page is always reverted for a long time
- Jaipur Jewellery Show details
- adoption - qld - think your stats are wrong
- Updating logo
- banners on talk pages of pages that survived a deletion process
- How can I stop the pages on my watchlist from appearing in bold?
- Repeated error, please advise - Cite errors
- My own page?
- References
- Elizabeth Stafford
October 12
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- Delete a photo that is my own work because it has an incorrect title
- Request for Wikipedia Editing Rights for a Semi-Protected Wikipedia article
- Created a Wikipedia article and I want to change the name of the Article
- Referencing errors on List of Medal of Honor recipients
- Possible hoax
- w.hancel.net
- Good reasons for a previous AFD not to be linked?
- HTML File Name "the free encyclopedia" removed ?
- Can't Add My Own Photo
- Linking to a Wikipedia Article
- Lost wikipedia page
- Adding new material
October 13
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- Harold Evans
- Tina Brown
- How to mention source of article content?
- Sitewide text replace
- Help:Cite errors/Cite error ref no input
- Incorrect character listing
- Image File Help
- Wedding of Prince William and Catherine Middleton
- Proposals
October 14
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- How do add references to our article?
- No deletion log - Quite urgent
- György Droppa
- Referencing errors on Death
- Stray noinclude
October 15
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- I uploaded a file (jpeg image) but forgot how to link or add it to a page
- About Logo in pa.wiki.x.io
- Edit Notice Help
- cant find my wikipedia when i search for it on google
- Revising a disambiguation page
- :Category:Iranian Azerbaïdjani politicians
- Question
October 16
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October 17
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- Reverted Edit Question
- Bot & an editor incorrectly "fix" my intentional cite before full stop.
- Appearance of a reference
- The extended unicode
- How can I remove a category from a page?
- Major issue with article on Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
- Trouble utilizing sources in bibliography
- Inappropriate message added to talk page
October 18
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- Dark Skin Gadget Use a black background with green text on the Monobook skin is not fully working properly
- Making a table of information.
- Conflict of interest guidance
- Suggestion
- Asian Month
October 19
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- Problem in my page
- Enlarge font in edit window
- HTTPS: Browser Recommendations
- Adding references
- Getting Wikipedia Page Published
- Question
- Aligning text in a table
October 20
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- Creating a new page
- Missing word in message that appears after clicking on certain redlinked articles
- Removing the icon on the right of image cation boxes
- Inviting eyes to a discussion
- Question
- Populism portal
- nancy hemenway barton
- Submit a sandbox page for pre-evaluation
- Public Domain
- How to link to a free pdf, e.g. via Springer Sharedit, as part of of journal cite?
- Can't seem to edit the image description in the Tau_protein info box.
- Adding information
- John Swinton of Kimmerghame
- Morgellons Disease
October 21
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- How to submit a proposal/question to an entire WikiProject
- Language links - getting pages to link both ways
- Need access to journal article
- Question
- Help:Cite errors/Cite error ref no input
- Adding a famous person to wiki
- would like to occasionally identify authors and affiliations
October 22
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- Sports
- Templates and links
- Strange, possibly invalid citations
- Querying
- Purge this
- List-defined references
- Raine Spencer, Countess Spencer
- Adding the illustrator's name to a book citation
- Essays on Wikipedians growing weary?
- dab help
- Rewriting an article in sandbox
- Birmingham Small Arms Company
October 23
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- Uploading image PD-PRE1978.
- Spencer Matthews
- Automatic watching of the TFA
- Referencing errors on OBD-II PIDs
- Are GANs logged or archived?
- Photo from PC
- Paintings
- Phone numbers
- From draft to publication
- Referencing errors on Draft:Nancy Hemenway Barton
- How to link to a section
October 24
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- Metacritic question
- adding footnotes/inline references
- Personal C.V.
- Dubious article
- "hegelp204" not defined?
- Deputy Prime Minister (Denmark)
- Mel Blanc
- Ballarat Grammar School
October 25
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- Simple inline audio, mostly for pronunciations?
- Wiki signature help
- ﺁب JUS I WANT TO KNOW HOW I CAN FREE FROM STRESS
- Have I done "Original research" in one section of Retrospect (software) article?
- mistake in front page
- Numbers in columns
- Help with merger
- Help:Cite errors/Cite error references no key
- Article Title Change Request
- More attention
- Save or publish changes?
- Copyright issue?
- Help:Cite errors/Cite error included ref re Kelly Hoppen MBE page.
- Referencing errors on The Rasmus
- List of wedding guests of Prince William and Catherine Middleton
- Referencing errors on University of Minnesota
October 26
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- Are you aware that transitory ads appear on the pages of Wikipedia?
- 112th Fighter squadron deployments
- Impeachment of Nicolás Maduro?
- Census data for a specific person
- Sortable table no longer sortable
- GIFs in infoboxes
- German English Mathematician needed
- Template:Campaignbox Syrian Civil War
- Mansfield
- Need additional input on Articles for Deletion regarding various issues
- Vandalism
- Chance to work on page
- Sylvana Tomaselli
- how to add my name to list of recipients of Legion of Merit
October 27
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- Pseudo headlines, semicolons and subheaders
- Two Transgender Articles
- Religion in the Infobox?
- Locking an article
- Name incorrectly quoted
- please change our location
- How to find article
- Editors
- Archiving noticeboard topic
October 28
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- Notability for railway stations
- Drawings in infobox images of people
- Article or user page?
- Delete?
- Citing California Penal Codes
- Citing Veteran Records From The National Archives
- Images in navboxes on persons
- I need help in TALK section with advocating edits/corrections/verifications to my employer’s article stub
October 29
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- Primary Colours (Eddy Current Suppression Ring album)
- United States State government attribution templates
- Deleted Content Page
- Moortown, Leeds
- Display Title
- Citation issue
- Shana - The Wolf's Music
- Editing blurbs on mobile
- My draft title has a typo.
- I am an American author published by Scribner Bantam Dell at Random House
October 30
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- Family of Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge
- Mary of Jesus de León y Delgado
- Unanswered posting removed from Administrator's Helpdesk
- references
- Family of Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge
October 31
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- Brookline College
- Yorkshire Symphony Orchestra
- Family of Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge
- Pictures and articles on Wikipedia
- Link to new section
- Can we use foreign language referencing in a wikipedia page?
- Leon bailey Wikipedia page
- Page split, of sorts
- Redirects to the main page
- Carnegie library
- Linking to an image on German WP